Postpone

  • 31postpone — verb arrange for (something) to take place at a time later than that first scheduled. Derivatives postponable adjective postponement noun postponer noun Origin C15: from L. postponere, from post after + ponere to place …

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  • 32postpone — v. a. Defer, delay, adjourn, procrastinate, put off, stave off, let lie over, prorogue …

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  • 33postpone — v 1. defer, delay, suspend, table, shelve, Sl. put on the shelf, pigeonhole, prorogue; waive, dispense with, put aside for the time; hold off, hold up, lay over, refrain from further action, hold in abeyance, put in cold storage, put on ice, put… …

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  • 34postpone — post·pone …

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  • 35postpone — verb Syn: put off, put back, delay, defer, hold over, reschedule, adjourn, shelve; informal put on ice, put on the back burner Ant: bring forward …

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  • 36postpone — post•pone [[t]poʊstˈpoʊn, poʊs [/t]] v. t. poned, pon•ing 1) to put off to a later time; defer: We have postponed our departure until tomorrow[/ex] 2) to place after in order of importance or estimation; subordinate • Etymology: 1490–1500; < L …

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  • 37postpone —   Pane e, ho opane e, ho omoe …

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  • 38postpone — To put off; defer; delay; continue; adjourn; as when a hearing is postponed. Also to place after; to set below something else; as when an earlier lien is for some reason postponed to a later lien. The term carries with it the idea of deferring… …

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  • 39postpone — To defer. To delay. Boies v Henney, 130 Ill 130, 146. To delay one creditor by granting a preference to another …

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  • 40postpone — see POST …

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